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McLuhan, Marshall. "G.K. Chesterton: A Practical Mystic." The Dalhousie Review, vol. 15, no. 4, 1936, pp. 455-464.

Series consists of research notes, index cards, correspondence and draft manuscripts of Feeley's bibliography on Marshall McLuhan. Also includes a draft paper of an article by Feeley on Plato and McLuhan.

File consists of a typed list of book reviews, with annotations in pen and pencil up to 1962. The list is typed on the verso of letterhead from Dr. H. Kalish.

Files consists of correspondence, draft manuscripts, and a copy an Explorations volume with articles by Buckminster Fuller and James Feeley. These files were created and kept by Feeley for his work as Assistant to McLuhan for the publication of Explorations magazine. Includes letter from Kenneth S. Edey, Director, Department of Information, inviting Feeley to take this position.

File consists of 4 audio cassettes of the Regional Meeting in Erie, PA, in May 1979.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at a retreat for l'Arche assistants in Erie, PA, in 1979.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

Sub-series consists of 168 audio cassettes and 9 videocassettes from other assorted events, talks, and retreats given by l'Arche International. These cassettes do not explicitly fit into the other series in the l'Arche International collection. They have been arranged according to the type of event whenever possible. Sub-series also includes a binder which functioned as a catalogue of the majority of the cassettes that were housed at l'Arche Daybreak. This binder reflects many of the same series, and is located in box 56.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat at St. Gabriel's Retreat Centre in Ditchingham, Norfolk, UK, from November 18-24, 1996.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat at St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, WA. The retreat took place from October 16-21, 1978. The recording begins with an introduction to the talk and its date.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I would ask that you pray for me and that we pray together so that we can grow together. Pray that I say what Jesus wants you to receive so that you can grow and we can grow together. Pray that we create a bit of community together. We are all on a journey to wholeness as we live in the gap between our dreams and reality.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: As we start, let�s remember the words of Jesus: �Come to me all you who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest� I imagine this is a reality for many of us. Not just the demands of every day, but also the stress in our world.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I just want to say a word about Hiroshima and the recent feast of the Transfiguration. We must always ask God for the grace to be a peacemaker in a world where conflicts are too dangerous. I want to talk about the pain in our world and the insecurity and instability of our world.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in Kansas City, [MO]. The cassettes feature a talk by Jean Vanier.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: All of our retreat will be about how Jesus did announce the Good news to the poor. But to receive it we have to become poor. That is his message, he came to announce good news to the poor,

File consists of 4 audio cassettes from a l'Arche Council / International Federation of l'Arche meeting in Chateauneuf de Galaure, France, in April 1978.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at the Regional Meeting in Waterloo, ON, in May 1983.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at the Eastern Regional Gathering in Boston, MA, in April, 1984.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Journey Retreat in 1989. The talk was given in French, but has been translated into English.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Covenant retreats are the ones I feel most at home with. In some way we are all living the same reality. So I sense I can share at a deeper level. For me also it�s a privilege to come to N.A. as I am a lot in France. Just to be with you and share with you. To give you my own preoccupations, which I will share some of them with you tonight. But just to be bonded together in our common call.

Series consists of Laurent and Colette Potvins’ correspondence with members and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and Papal Commission on Birth Control before and durring the Commission's meeting in the summer of 1966. Correspondence includes letters from Church representatives nominating and appointing the Potvins to the Commission; letters regarding background information about the Commission, its structure, composition and sub-sessions; and the drafting and production of reports for the Commission.

Sub-series consists of materials collected by Nouwen related to Thomas Merton. Sub-series includes newspaper articles, mimeographed letters from Merton, several copies of Merton’s manuscripts and several of Merton’s commercially produced audio cassette recordings of his talks to the monks and community of the Abbey of Gethsemani. Sub-series also contains Nouwen’s own records of the materials he collected on Merton. Sub-series also includes materials relating to Merton’s death in 1968 and homilies of funeral services held in his honour.

Sub-series consists of awards and honourary degrees bestowed upon Henri Nouwen by various academic institutions, religious and community organizations, and literary associations, including correspondence and memorabilia relating to the awards and award ceremonies.

File consists of eighteen photographs, likely taken while Nouwen was teaching a non-credit course to priests on Pastoral Care at Moreau Seminary, Notre Dame University (Notre Dame, IN). Ten photographs are copy prints and eight are unprinted negatives.

File consists of 43 commercial audio cassette tapes collected by Nouwen. Audio cassettes include:

Stages of Contemplation: The presence of God - SR189
Stages of Contemplation: Praying in the spirit - SR190
Stages of Contemplation: Marriage: Call to contemplation - SR191
Stages of Contemplation: The process of contemplation - SR192
Stages of Contemplation: Growing in prayer - SR193
Stages of Contemplation: To be Eucharist - SR194
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: Fidelity to remembering - SR195
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: Coming home and passing over - SR196
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: The enfleshed heart of life - SR197
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: Desert fertility - SR198
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: The hidden and the revealed - SR199
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: Brokenness - SR200
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: The call to harmony - SR201
Sister Jose Hobday, OSF: Retreat and reentry - SR202
"CNN Report": Palm Sunday by K. Himle / 4/4/1993 - SR203
Most significant civil rights case of the decade by David Brown - SR204
The common sense of God - SR205
King of the Nation - SR206
Taking care of business: Called or driven by Bob Buford - SR207

Prophets for today - Cardinal John O'Connor - SR208
Abortion and race genocide - SR209
The war against population by Dr. Kasun - SR210
Christ in the New Testament 3/29/92 - SR211
The Nurturing Network: Pro-life in a pro-choice world - SR212
The Nurturing Network: "Practical idealism: Compassion in action" - SR213
The Nurturing Network: How to build an effective social ministry - SR214
[#]2451 of Rumi and apocalypse with Andrew Harvey - SR215
Creating an inner path for real magic: Applying real magic awareness in everyday life I - SR216
Creating an inner path for real magic: Applying real magic awareness in everyday life II - SR217
Creating an inner path for real magic: Applying real magic awareness in everyday life III - SR218
Creating an inner path for real magic: Applying real magic awareness in everyday life IV - SR219
How can I help? - SR220 (sent to Nouwen from B. Crowley)
The liturgical year - SR221 (given to Sue and Kathy from Bob [last name unknown])
Joni Earekson Tada 11/8/92 - SR222
Michael Kelly Blanchard and selected topics - SR223
Fr. William: Hesychasm: Introduction #201 - SR224
Fr. William: Hesychasm: Desert fathers and doctrine #202 - SR225
Fr. William: Hesychasm: Gnosis #203 - SR226
Fr. William: Hesychasm: and poverty #204 - SR227
Fr. William: Hesychasm and celibacy & Hescichasm and encrateia - SR228

Fr. William: Hesychasm and fasting & hesychasm and moral life - SR229
Fr. William: Hesychasm - The Jesus prayer first conference - SR230
Fr. William: Hesychasm - The Jesus prayer second conference - SR231

Sub-series consists of bound volumes of materials and loose documents created and used by Nouwen for his teaching positions various academic institutions in both North America and Europe. This includes reading notes, preparation notes, lecture notes, typed lecture summaries, course handouts and syllabi, many of which are heavily annotated by Nouwen. It also includes lectures, letters, notes, assignments and course evaluations produced by Nouwen's students and teaching assistants. In addition to the course-specific bound volumes, there are two bound volumes that are labelled as "miscellaneous class material" that relate to Nouwen's early career from 1959 to 1976. This sub-series has been divided into 22 sub-sub series based on the course titles and subjects which Nouwen taught between 1961 and 1994, except for one sub-sub series involving the two-volume set of collected class materials mentioned above.
The sub-sub series are:

1. Developmental Psychology
2. Psychology of Personality
3. Abnormal Psychology
4. Psychology of Religion
5. Pastoral Care
6. Christian Spirituality
7. Ministry to the Elderly
8. Hospitality
9. Discipline and Discipleship
10. Prison Ministry
11. Collected Class Materials
12. The Life and Works of Thomas Merton
13. Ministry and Spirituality
14. Ministry in Non-Religious Institutions
15. The Ministry of Vincent Van Gogh
16. Compassion
17. Education and Community
18. Hesychasm
19. Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry
20. Spiritual Direction / Spiritual Life and Spiritual Direction
21. Introduction to the Spiritual Life
22. Early Dutch course material

Sub-series consists of essays written by Nouwen during his years at Gymnasium - a grammar school in the Netherlands for students aged 12 to 18 years who aim to attend university. Top students would learn Latin and Greek.

File consists of a distribution card issued to Nouwen. This card identified Nouwen and indicated what resources he received following the Second World War.

Item consists of 1 picture postcard with a divided back of Main Street in Allegany, New York. The postcard has 1 series of 1902 Franklin one cent stamp.

Item consists of 1 picture postcard with an undivided back with a New Years greeting. The postcard has 1 series of 1902 Franklin one cent stamp.

These files consist of photocopies of handwritten letters and typed/handwritten transcriptions of letters
written by Émile Zola between January of 1856 and December of 1870. The letters contained within are both
personal and professional; Zola writes to his friends regarding his life in Paris and his burgeoning writing
career. Meanwhile, these files also contain letters from his job at Hachette Publishing as well as letters sent to
various editors and reviewers regarding his early works including Contes à Ninon, La Confession de Claude, and
Thérèse Raquin. Some recurring correspondents include Georges Charpentier, Philippe Solari, Paul Cézanne,
Edmond de Goncourt, Géry Legrand, Marius Roux and Antony Valabrègue.

These files consist of photocopies of a variety of documents written and/or owned by Émile Zola or that
pertain to his business affairs between 1863 and 1903. There are four broad categories of documents included
in these files:

1. Articles, Declarations, Speeches, Interviews: These files consist of photocopies of a variety of
   documents created by Zola throughout his career, including articles for journals, speeches and
   declarations he wrote and/or made, as well as copies of interviews with various people.
2. Contracts and Financial Documents: This file consists of various legal documents belonging to Zola,
   including contracts for his works and financial documents
3. Dedications, Introductions, Prefaces: These files consist of photocopies of works written by Zola for
   the purpose of dedications, introductions or prefaces to others’ works.
4. Handwritten Manuscripts: These files consist of photocopies of notes on his various works as well as
   notes that Zola wrote about various hobbies, including photography. There are four original pieces in these files: the first is an original article handwritten by Saint-Georges de
   Bouhélier titled Une entrevue avec Émile Zola (dated 1894, found in File #497) and three newspapers from
   L’Aurore, (all dated 1900, found in File #498).

These files consist of inventories created by the Zola Research Program between the years of 1975 and 1991.
The inventories are a mixture of handwritten and typed, with various additions and annotations present. In
particular, the inventories documenting the Collection Le Blond Zola have very interesting ways of organizing
letters sent to Zola based on various information including author, content of letter or reference of Zola’s
work and country from which the letter was sent. These inventories are documenting the early years of the
program, as they developed more advanced systems of record keeping later on. As a result, most of the
inventories in these files were created in 1975 and 1976. There are also an extensive number of inventories in
the second half of the box that were used for cross-checking between the two teams. These inventories were
divided into years by the Zola Research Program staff, and a letter between Hélène Issayevitch and Collette
Morin-Laborde dates them to 1991. There is also an inventory of Letters by Contemporaries sent amongst
Zola’s family members (corresponds with letters in Boxes 54 and 55), which have been arranged by
correspondent.

File consists of a bound journal kept by Wilfred Watson after 1958. The journal contains an illustration on the cover, presumably by Watson, and is titled "True & Free = Man". The journal contains 110 pages of hand written reading notes, reflections on academia, sexuality, Canadian literature, Wyndham Lewis and other writers.

File consists of David Clandfield's University of Alberta, Department of English, Master of Arts thesis "Rhyme in Modern Poetry", dated September 5, 1959.

File consists of ephemera, loose notes, poetry fragments, word play, jottings and scraps of citations made by Wilfred Watson on scraps of paper, cigarette packages and used envelopes.

File consists of handwritten letters and postcards from Henri Nouwen to his father and mother from 1950-1959 while he was a priest and at a seminary in the Netherlands.

Subseries consists of various works by Nouwen received after his death including typescripts, drafts, working papers, articles, and books. Some items were published posthumously by his estate.

File consists of a piece by Lauren F. Winner from May 2001. Winner explores the true meaning of hospitality while discussing her preparations to receive guests at her apartment in New York, contrasting practices from the past and from her own Southern upbringing. Winner uses the following Nouwen quotation: "Only with an invitation to 'come and stay with me' can an interesting encounter develop into a transforming relationship".

File consists of photocopies of excerpts from "The Tower" newsletter of Sacred Heart Church, Winnetka-Glencoe related to Nouwen's speaking engagements there. Nouwen spoke in December 1992 and September 1993. His topics were "The Lessons of L'Arche - How They Speak to our Spirituality" (1992) and "From Resentment to Gratitude" (1993).

Item consists of a video recording of Angels Over the Net, an episode of "Overal et Nergens" which aired on July 13, 1995.

File consists of one audio cassette, featuring a recording of Nouwen speaking at the OTS graduation [Ontario Theological Seminary] at Tyndale College and Seminary in North York, ON, in 1991.

Jack Stroh's photographs are comprised of 156 photographs, and their negatives, created by Stroh. They document visits, celebrations, and events. They are organized into the following groupings:

1) 53 photographs of Nouwen, Sue Stroh and L'Arche Japan member Gordon Nakamura visiting Henri Nouwen at L'Arche Daybreak. Negative included.

2) 1 photograph of Nouwen and Jack Stroh accompanied by a signed card by Nouwen. Negatives included.

3) 20 photographs of Jasper and Cathleen Naus' wedding and wedding reception. Includes photographs of Nouwen performing the wedding and Sue Stroh. Negatives included.

4) 11 photographs housed in folder titled "Christmas" that document a Christmas party. Includes photographs of Sue and Jack Stroh, and Nouwen.

5) 24 photographs housed in a folder titled "1997 Daybreak Ground Breaking" that document the groundbreaking and festivities. Negatives included.

6) 24 photographs of the Nouwen wake, an undisclosed grave site and post-funeral reception. Negatives included.

7) 11 photographs of L'Arche core-members and members as well as photographs of Sue and Jack Stroh, and Nouwen. Negatives included.

8) 12 miscellaneous photographs, mostly featuring Henri Nouwen, but also featuring Sue Stroh as well as images of grave sites.

Subseries consists of 22 chapbooks, paperback and hardcover books, bound volumes, and associated promotional materials that were designed, composed, and/or printed by Dreadnaught Press.

Subseries consists of 3 chapbooks designed, composed, and printed by Someone Editions. Subseries includes titles from the someone:elements and Little Letterpress series.

File consists of 1 box set of someone:water, a collection of 6 original folded broadsides in celebration of water, and 1 poster promoting a reading of one of the broadsides at the NACO Gallery in Toronto on August 4, 2011.

The collection contains the following broadsides, in the order in which they appear in the set. Original years of publication are listed in brackets.

A. F. Moritz (text), Susana Wald & Deborah Barnett (ill.): The Shore (2009)

Astrida Neimanis: We are all bodies of water (2011)

Beatriz Hausner (text), Seth Scriver (ill.): The Metaphysics of Water (2012)

Paul Till (ill.): The waters are divided into two parts (2017)

Pamela Dodds (ill.): Swimmers (2014)

Karl Jirgens (text), Zile Liepins (ill.): Pas de Deux (2017)

A notation on the box states this is #19 of 52 copies. Each broadside is signed by the contributing author and/or artist.

Item consists of 1 audio cassettes from a Faith and Sharing Retreat in April 1978. The talk on this item is by Jean Vanier, "Hearing the Cry of the Poor." There are 4 volumes (v1-v4).

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: As soon as we get close to wounded people we discover our own wounds, particularly egoism and all that prevents us being free in the Spirit. God says to Moses in Chap. 2 of Exodus: �I have seen the affliction of my people�

Series is comprised of organizational and administrative records maintained by Hollee Card during her tenure as National Leader of L'Arche Canada from 2009 to 2018. Although some materials in the series pre-date this tenure and were collected or inherited by Card, the series primarily details the functions and activities of L'Arche Canada, the L'Arche Canada Foundation (LCF), and L'Arche International during the 2010's.

Series consists of meeting minutes and agendas, strategic planning documents, policies, manuals, financial and annual reports, membership agreements, day planners, publications, audiovisual materials, and correspondence between Card and various L'Arche members.

File consists of administrative and organizational records from a variety of L'Arche Canada internal meetings and conferences held between 2012-2017, including agendas, meeting minutes, financial statements, strategic planning documents, SWOT analyses, member surveys, correspondence, and presentations.

File contains Card's copies of material from meetings held by the following groups:

• L'Arche Canada National Council
• L'Arche Canada and LCF Board of Directors
• L'Arche Canada National Leaders
• L'Arche Canada Community Leaders
• L'Arche Canada and LCF Members
• Western Canada Regional General Assembly
• L'Arche Canada / USA Development Workshops

• Meetings between Card and L'Arche Canada Vice National Leader Gabrielle Beaulieu

Some materials are duplicated in French and English and annotated by Card (noted at the folder level).

Dilworth's notes on Brockley, Jones' former neighbourhood in London, UK.

Found on tapes:
6 (box 1)
23 (box 2)
49 (box 3)

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a retreat for Assistants from March 13-18, 1988.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Conf 2: We are like the disciples whom Jesus loved. They came for many reasons and slowly they became attracted to Jesus by what he said and his consistency with all people, rich and poor. They loved the way Jesus could announce good news.